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The UK’s “Big Six” energy companies have achieved the seemingly impossible —
they have made themselves more unpopular than bankers. And there is a lot
for the public to be angry about.

The latest round of inflation-busting energy price rises has, for the first
time and pushed average annual fuel bills above £1,500 for some customers.
Then there is the confusion caused by the multiplicity of tariffs on the
market — there are more than 150 tariffs out there .

The retail energy industry consists of just two products — gas and
electricity. The process of purchasing them shouldn’t be much more
complicated than